Acts 22:29:12Acts.22.29.W12TAB
χιλίαρχος
khiliarkhos
“commander”
- Transliteration
- khi-LI-ar-khos
- Extended
- khee-LIH-ahr-khohs
- IPA
- /kʰiˈli.ar.kʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- commander
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-LI-ar-khos
- sentence
eu-THE-ōs oun a-PE-stē-san ap au-TOU hoi MEL-lon-tes au-TON a-ne-TA-dzein kai ho khi-LI-ar-khos de e-pho-BĒ-thē e-pi-GNOUS HO-ti Rhō-mai-OS es-TIN kai HO-ti au-TON ĒN de-de-KŌS
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces a second, closely related clause focusing on ho chiliarchos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khi-lí-ar-khos} ‘the commander.’
Root and etymology
archōalpha–rho–chi–omega
“to rule; lead”
In context — Acts 22:29
At once those who were about to examine him stepped away from him, and the commander also became afraid when he learned that he was a Roman and that he had bound him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 22:29, so the Greek word χιλίαρχος (khiliarkhos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.22.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.29.W12.S1) and character.